Mrs. Humphry Ward Papers, 1857-1935

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Abstract:
This collection contains the papers of Mrs. Humphry Ward (1851-1920), a British writer at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. The collection consists of letters between Mrs. Ward and her publishers, family and friends, photographs, miscellaneous documents, and notebooks that hold drafts of her novels and articles. The collection spans the years 1857-1935.
Extent:
16.9 Linear Feet (39 document boxes, 1 half-size document box, 2 flat boxes)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English , German , French , Italian .

Background

Scope and content:

The Mrs. Humphry Ward Collection, presented by William Clary, Homer Crotty, and The Honnold Library Society, is an accumulation of manuscript material consisting of correspondence, notebooks and unbound notes of Mary A. Arnold Ward Mrs. Humphry Ward, English writer best remembered for her novel Robert Elsmere 1888. Since Mrs. Ward was active early in the movement for higher education for women which began in Oxford, and Mr. Ward was a fellow and tutor of Brasenose College, this collection ties in well with the Oxford Collection.

Acquisition information:
Purchased by Special Collections in July 1965 (Sotheby and Company), September 1966 (Sotheby and Company), March 1970 (Moorman), March 1970 (Jenkins Company), June 1985 (Serendipity Books) and May 2006 (Bernard Quaritch - Pusey House, Oxford).
Physical location:
Please consult repository.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
800 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711, US
Contact:
(909) 607‑3977